Galapagos garden eel

The Galapagos garden eel[2] (Heteroconger klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Friedmann Köster in 1983, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and Panama.[5] It dwells at a depth of 10 to 30 m (33 to 98 ft), and lives in large, nonmigratory colonies in clean, sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 cm (28 in; 2.3 ft).[3]

Galapagos garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Heteroconger
Species:
H. klausewitzi
Binomial name
Heteroconger klausewitzi
(Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger klausewitzi Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983

The diet of the Galapagos garden eel consists of zooplankton.[6] Due to its widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of major threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[5]

References
  1. Synonyms of Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. and F. Köster 1983 [ref. 21935] Taenioconger klausewitzi, a new garden-eel from the Galapagos. Noticias de Galápagos No. 38: 26-27.
  5. Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Food items reported for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.


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